Monday, April 6, 2015

e-hailed, well met...We'll see you in court

A group of taxi companies sued New York claiming the city is wrongfully
allowing Uber Technologies Inc. customers to hail rides with an app.

Depends on your definition of 'hail'?

The taxi drivers and owners of taxi medallions claim the city’s
Uber-friendly policies are causing the value of medallions and the pay
of drivers to plummet. The medallions cited in the case have sold for as
much as $1.25 million each.

The city “permits Uber cars and other non-medallion cars to be
e-hailed, effectively eviscerating the hail exclusivity to which yellow
medallion taxis have been entitled under state and local law for
decades,” the group said.